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4 CONVICT SHOT DEAD.

He Attempts to Escape and . Guard Sends .
Bullet Into His Brain.
NEWARK. Nov. s-Thomas Wallace. aged
10. prisoner In the Essex County Peniten-
tiary, was shot dead By one Of the guards last
evening while attempting to escape.
1t was his first day at work outside and no
fault could be found with his behavior. While
cells, Wallace made break for liberty and was
fred u9on by the guard. The bullet entered
ing one years term for larceny.
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Hebrew Citizen. Endorse the Ticket.

A mass meeting OF citizens of the Hebrew
faith WAS held in the Oriental Theatre on the
Bowery last night. ]. p. Solomon presided.
ex-Coroner Moritz EllinRer, Julius HerburRer.
and others. Great enthusiasm was manifested
Tor the entirs Democratic ticket The theatre
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should care the turn OF hand about the elect
possible to, be produced In the presence OF a
he sheers q II
the power q any sane a;,d man to conceive.
which lean toward mercy for some can find a
footpath toward plane on which they can
VIZ H.. Alone sg SS
the Rev Mr.. Blake and lis eoRpan as Wso
Hnsrchists We're asked 81 q aoT
0glesby whether their mission was an appeal
tSs accord Rss ssr ssiGs %
their words, or understood what must be Gov,
have answered differently. The Governor n @E may
iistsr jistlcs; M Siiies, 4 executive. no.
In him By the Constitution. he may show elem.
ency by Communication or pardon. He cannot
ssns s ss aside Ind The IN the %S
the refusal OF the Supreme Court OF the United
States to grant writ Of error, the Justice OF
and laws d this State and nation 't STANDS
affirmed. With jealous care not to deprive
the men Of any gh
s[dersd their prayer. Gnsnimous!y It found
lice IN fnsqe
voice In the supreme court OF Illinois. Tho
verdict rendered In Judge Gary's court. there
fore. stands impregnable as the decree. Of
American justice against the convicted An
archists.
What plea have they now to offer why Gov.
oglesby should extend to them the clemency
OF the people Of Illinois against whose peace
and pr9sperlty they have plotted and did muir
derf The question is too grave q one to DO
answered by the old Recommendations OF law and
society. as constituted. Society has been amaS-
ingly tolerant OF the abusee heaped upon 1t By
mite. ruin. and death.
To-day Gov oEisSDy represents crEAniEsd
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The Joint committee Of the Central Labor
Union and District Assembly 40, Knights Of
iected Robert Ingersoll John Swinton. and
Father Huntington 70 GO to Springfield; H..
workingmen that he shall commute the sen.
tence OF the Anarchists.
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OF Some Things Omitted.

Dear Neighbor: The dateless letter OF
last week from Aiken didn't say near
Ill I had to say nor will this postscript
say all could say.
Mr.. G. H. Stein and family who help
ell so largely to organize and keep the
Sunday school alive are, I suppose, in
New Orleans. Mr.. Smyser and wife
gone to the Sand Hills beyond Augusta.
Ga. Mrs. Yates and her son John with
his family have moved out two miles and
a half on a farm, and have built cosy
cottage and large fine house. 1t was
my young friend Branaird that drove me
out there and back Saturday before and
after sundown. Iregret that for want OF
time I could not visit more of my old
friends-the venerable Mrs. Wood, Dr..
league and Mr.. and Mrs. OFT among the
number.
At Mr.. and Mrs. Clay's I met their daugh-
ter, Miss Leora, who arrived Saturday
from Milwaukee where she has been
teaching for some years. She makes a
visit to Aiken about every other year.
DIR. J. r. Mood and family have NOV
ed from Charleston to within few miles
of Aiken-of course Methodists. I made
a call at the Office of the Aiken Recorder.
Intended to look in also on the Aiken
Revie,v, but was switched off in another
direction until it was too late for that day,
and next day was Sunday, and the next
morning was off early down "the hill'
homeward.
Ought not to omit stating that 1 shook
hands with faithful "Aunt Tena," the
alone colored member Of our church In
my day, and, I think, the only one in
Pastor Duncan's. And "Sam Green"
(colored) is still sexton, and deserves
special mention for keeping the District
Conference supplied with ice wster-no
small Job. Towards the last friend Sam
looked somewhat like felt-'Dilted.
AS we'll rs can recollect the foregoing
P. 8. was written along in July A. ID.
1887. somewhere between the 18th and
18th. ,. II. d.
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More Good News from Knoxville.

A letter from Mr.. Jno. N. Brooks,
secretary of the chamber Of Commerce,
of Knoxville, was received here by Col.
Hoyt, yesterday, which gives another
encouraging phase to the prospects of the
Carolina, Knoxville g. Western railroad.
Mr.. Brooks says that he had appeared be-
fore the county court and asked for the
appointment of committee to confer
with the authorities of the Knoxville q
Western and to secure from them pro-
position relative to building the road
through Knox county. Contrary to ex-
pectation, the request was readily grant
ed and the committee appointed. This Ii
the first step towards securing a SUBJ
scription.from Knox county, and is ell
couraging en- that account.
A press dispatch from Asheville, OF
Saturday, says: Arrangements have been
completed for the construction of the
Carolina d Knoxville railroad. Chief
Engineer Ramseur has been directed to
push the surveys and get the work ready
for the contract, sufficient money having
been guaranteed. Large iron and coal
interests in Tennessee and North Caro-
lima and other States support the enter
prise.-GreeuviU Ne,DS.
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HOUSE AND FARM
Less Food Needed In Summer.

Growth and waste and repair 60 on
in a nearly uniform way the whole
year through, but the amount of food
necessary for these operations or pur-
poses is surprisingly small. The gen.
Grafton of bodily heat requires more
variable quantity of food. In Winter,
with the temperature of the external
air at zero, the temperature of the
blood in healthy persons is 9S.3 de-
grees, and when the heats of Summer
drive the mercury Of the thermometer
near to or above that mark, the blood
still registers 9S.3 degrees. The mar.
velous mechanism by which this uni.
form blood temperature is maintained
at all seasons it is not necessary to con-
slider, but it must be evident to every
one that the force needed to raise the
temperature of the whole body to near
ly 100 degrees in Winter, is no longer
needed in Summer. The total amount
of food needed for repairs, for growth,
and for heating, physiology teaches
us, is much less than is generally i'm
agined, and it impresses us with the
truth of the great surgeon Abernethy's
saying, that "one-fourth of what we
eat keeps us, the other three-fourths
we keep at the peril of our lives" In
Winter we burn up the sulphus food
with limited amount of extra eXer-
ton. In Summer we get rid of 1t lit
orally at some extra risk to health,
and, of course, to life. We cannot
burn it. Our vital furnaces are bank.
ed, and we worry the most important
working organ with the extra exertion
of removing what had better never
have been taken into the stomach.
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How for the Best?

What about the week preceding the
one Of "self denial, August s-15?"? And
what about the week or weeks following9
Let care be taken that "self' do not IN
the eud come out even with "denial."
Tho surest way to make that week
what it is proposed to be is to contine de-
NAL to daily eating and drinking, and
give the denied to the poor, or sell it and
give the proceeds to missions, or better
still, give to tho poor the amount of de-
NAL and then give an equal sum to mis-
sions, and keep a sharp lookout that
"self' do not afterwards gulp and gor-
mandize to make up for "lost time."
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Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SIDI III. BROWNE,
Of the South Carolina Conference
Who Is It?

We all remember the story of the shield
which was viewed hy two men, one see
ing only the front side and the other look
ing only ut the inner, the first asserting IL
was of gold and the latter equally certain
it was of silver. Human character pre-.
sents the same puzzling combination
None of us are wholly good and none are
entirely bad, and the opinions of others
depend on the view they get OF us. we
know all invalid who has been confined
to bed for years-to many she appears
helpless sufferer, to others able to observe
more closely she appears not so helpless
frequently rising from her bed when she
thinks 70 one is near and walking about
the room as she declares she never can
again. To many the invalid appears
miracle of patient endurance, an example
of the power of Gods grace under affic-
ton, so beautifully does she talk Of "mys-
terious dispensations of providence
resignation, and the like; to others,
however, who are more penetrating, who
see through the flimsy veil of hypocrisy
Tor self-deception, perhaps,) and to those
who keep their eyes and ears open, the
pseudo-martyr presents quite different
looking side. She is cruelty exacting OF
an aged mother, wholly ungrateful, never
giving oven 'dog's crumb" of thanks
after hundred demands, unreasonable,
bitter and hard.
Long continued suffering is not easy to
bear, and one can scarcely wonder at oc-
casional impatience, but for one who i'm
apines himself near the end Of life to be
almost given up to unkindness and sell
fishness shows poor conception of what
is impending. It is true that those who
are always In robust health know little Of
the necessary dependence on others OF
those whose bodies are weak, but on the
other hand many who are invalids make
needless demands on their friends, think
ing, it would seem, "If cease my de-
mands people will forget 1 am SICK
Few things are more touching than hope
less invalidism patiently borne by one
who Is ever thoughtful Of the needs OF
attendents, but the useless exactions Of
the impatient sick are difficult for even
tho auietest and strongest minds to ell
dure.
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Quarterly Meeting...Fine Rains.

Dear Netgh6or The third session ol
the Leesville and Concord Quarterly
Conference for 1887 was held at Leesville
July %, "a. The attendance Of the Off
cials was good. The oldest member OF
the body and one of the younger and
stouter ones got nearly to the church but
both gave out and turned back-sick-
sorry.
DR.. s. B. Jones, the P. E., did the du-
ties of his. office we'll and, it is hoped.
profitably, to the Conference. Being en-
Joined by his physician not to preach for
q few weeks because of an affection Of the
throat, the preaching fell to the lot of the
P. G.. and Bro. Z. o. Watson who did as
we'll as they could under the circumstan-
ces. 1t is not exactly the most pleasant
sort of thing to preach to congregation
who come expecting to hear another-a
greater. But the P. f. conducted the
communion for US on Sabbath besides
giving the Conference, the day before,
some wholesome talk. The school exer-
cises fill their usual place Sunday morn.
ing. Bro. Watson, at the request of Supt
Mitchell, took charge Of the grown class
It raiued nearly all the time Of the fore,
noon service. The congregation was
quite fair for drizzly morning, but was
quite slow and slim at the afternoon SER
vice. o'clock and after.
Along with the Presiding Elder fell
into pleasant head quarters Saturday and
night at Mr.. Pick Bodies. After Sum-
day forenoon worship the P. E. distribu,
ted himself to the custody of Mr.. j. A
j. Mitchell while went with others to
"Uncle Jimmie Bodie's." Good John
ME Asbill I found about ready to get >ur
from a seven days sick bed.
Didn't visit much. Embraced in 8
walk with the P. E. call on Mr.. E. j.
West and his son-in-law, Rev. E. O.
Watson. After p. m. service wound
up with supper at Mr.. John Shealey's,
though John and his wife had somehow
forgotten "6 o'clock" and ate their supper
before they went to church. But there
was plenty left that was good. I took
mine on the lap in the piazza while the
talking went on. and "Spot" made
havoc with the good lady's pies in partic
ular. I appropriated the inside and
.'Spot" very thankfully and waggingly
disposed of the rims. Enough.
s. H. B,
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Stand Up, Young Nan.

Yes, stand up right before US, while
we talk to you like a Dutch uncle.
And what are we going to saw? Just
thls; Save something, young man!
Don't spend all you make, or all you
get, and run in debt in the bargain.
Don't blow In your earnings on cigars,
beer, good clothes, or, it may be, q fast
girl. Don't run or incline to that sort
of business. 1t is demoralizing, dam
gerous, deadly. There is nothing that
gives man more ennobling thoughts
-bulges out his chest 80 broadly-fills
him with such an inspiring sense of
manliness, as to own something. Try
it, and see what noble pleasure it is
to own piece of land. It may be
only q few acres. Perhaps an humble
village plot, or more pretentious city
lot, but to own ito have, as all your
own, that which you have paid for. q
piece of Gods good round earth, Is to
acquire feeling of security and inde-
pendence which is the most delicious
and profitable experience in the world.
10 step out upon-to plant your feet
squarely on some piece of land, some
little portion of earth aud feel that it
is all your own-that you alone pos
sess it, that it has been won by your
own endeavors, by toll and struggle,
through patient working; to know
that the grass that green's it, this spot
of earth, you Own-the violet that
blooms above its verdure, the vines
that ornament it are yours to possess
and enjoy; gladdening the eyes, de.
lighting the senses that the glad sun
will beautify it and the rains of heav-
en- moisten it into Frightening beauty
all this brings sense of pleasure
and feeling of contentment that can
be realized from no other method of
enjoyment. It is freedom, independ-
ence-joy! Then to this exquisite
and ennobling sense of possession may
be added the delight of q home, and
underneath heaven, there is no Joy 80
pure, 80 elevating, as we'll ordered
home! Beneath the shade of your
own vine and fig tree, clasping your
little ones to your heart, with wife In
loving communion, the glories and
peace of the home of God is only
above this heaven on earth! Yes,
young man! Own a piece of land!
No one, however small his pay, little
his savings, but can in due course of
time have home of his own-a piece
of the good wide earth all his own
Boys. work for it! Young men, getit,
and the State and the Nation will be
the gamer, and humanity the better
off, for the true nobleness Of citizen
ship is centered in him who has earn
ed a home, for that home leads to the
observance of law, and respect for con-
stituted authority, inculcates moral
and Christian duties and leads to love
for your fellowman and to the fear Of
God! Young man, get piece of land.
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Land, writes J. L. Moultrie, of Union
Springs. Ala, cannot be too sandy for
turnips. If the land is dry they may be
sown level, but if the soil is very reten-
tive of water, bed it up as if for cotton
and SOW on the beds. leaving good water
furrow. Ruta bagas and early turnips
may be mixed and sown together. Use
out the early ones, and leave the ruta
bagas for late Writer and Spring. Sew
enty years ago, everybody sowed wheat
with their turnips as protection from
the fly, which preferred the small grain.
1t also gave nice calf pasture when the
turnips were gone.-,Southe1m CutttDdtor.
A case of humanitarianism run mad is
reported from Minnesota. The convicts
at the State Prison will begin, about Au-
gust s, the publication of weekly four
column folio newspaper, called the fh1s-
on Mirror. The object of the enterprise
is to benefit the prison library fund.
There are four practical printers who
will attend to the mechanical department.
while prisoner Lew Shonmaker will be
editorin-chief. George p. Dodd, prison
storek keeper, has consented to act as treas
urer and business manager!
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that man cannot assign un-
edTHcu wages III any way. LII lIe S'Sc
decided the court said "the attempt was
to assign that which had no existence,
either substantial or incipient. Thel
was no foundation of contract on which
an Indebtedness might arise. 1t was the
mere possibility Of subsequent acquisi-
ton Of property. This is too vague and
uncertain. 1t cannot he sustained as a
valid assignment and transfer Of proper
ty.-,SOutHeJ7i C,tttiyatOr
The Interstate Commission says that
persons belonging to the class known as
commercial travellers are not privileged
to ride over the railroads at lower rates
than are paid by other persons. What
ever reasonable rates commercial travel
ers al made to pay other travellers may
be made to pay. TO charge one more
than another is an unjust discrimination.
And this is true whether tickets issued
are mileage tickets or in some other form.
The house in Washington in which
Payne attempted to murder Secretary
Seward at the time of Lincoln's assassin
alton, is now offered for sale. 1t has
long been used as the headquarters of the
the missionary general.
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Valuable Advice to Young Girls.

A lady of intelligence and observa-
ton has remarked, II wish / could
impress upon the minds of the girls
that the chief end of woman is not to
marry young" If girls could only be
brought to believe that their CHARGES
for happy marriage were better after
twenty-five than before, there would
be less misery in the world than there
now is. To be sure, they might not
have so many opportunities to marry
as before, but, as they do not need to
marry but one at time, it is necessary
that one should be satisfactory. As a
girl grows older, if she thinks at all,
she certainly becomes more capable OF
Judging what would make her happy
than when younger. How many girls
of twenty would think Of marrying
the man they would gladly have mar
ried at sixteen? At thirty woman
who is somewhat independent, and
not 0ver-anXious to marry, is much
harder 10 please and more careful in
her choice than one at twenty. There
is good reason for this. Her mind has
improved with her years, and she now
looks beyond mere appearances in
Judging men. She is apt to ask If this
man who is 40 very polite in company
is really kind-heartrd. DO his polite
actions spring from Il happy, genial
nature, or is his attractive demeanor
put on for the occasion and laid off at
home, as he lays of his coat? A very
young girl takes it for granted that
men are always ~ she sees them in So
ciety-polite, friendly, and on their
good behavior. If she marries early
the man who happens to please her
fancy, she learns to her sorrow that in
nine cases out of ten man in society
and man at home are widely differ
ent beings. Five years at that period
of life produce great change in opin-
ions and feelings. We frequently
come to detest at twenty-five what We
admired at sixteen.
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Salt a Cure for Falling Hair.

II am very glad of the opportunity
given me by the query to thank
"Notes and Queries for the recon-.
mendation of dry salt as cure fol
falling hair. My hair had come out
frightfully for several months, so that
I dreaded touching it with brush.
Thinking that salt could do no harm
anyway, and remembering the benefit
always derived from sea air and bath
ing, tried it. and was surprised al
the result. for after three applications
and brushing and shaking it out in
the morning-not one hair came out
with the most vigorous brushing. ]
have used it three or four times week
since the middle of November, and
notice perceptible thickening of my
hair and no disagreeable results what
ever. The treatment might not be SC
beneficial to every one, of course, but
I have written this fully, feeling thai
1 could hardly say too much in praise
of what has been so successful with
myself. ."-Boston Transcript.
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A Good Joke.

Boys are often fond of playing prac-
tical Jokes. Such things may some
times he done, but never to any ones
| inconvenience.
In one of our colleges, a professor
who made himself very friendly with
the students, was walking out with an
intelligent scholar, when they saw an
old man hoeing in cOrn-field. He
was advancing slowly with his work
toward the road, by the side of which
Law his shoes. AS it was near sunset,
the student proposed to play the old
man a Joke. II will hide his shoes;
we will conceal ourselves behind the
bushes, and see what he will do."
mo" said the professor, lit would
not be right. You have money
enough; just put dollar in each of
the old mans shoes, then we will hide
behind the bushes and see what he
will do" The student agreed to the
proposal, and they concealed them
selves accordingly.
When the laborer had finished his
row of corn, he came out of the field
to 20 home. He put on one shoe, felt
something hard, took 1t off and found
the dollar. He looked around him,
but saw no one, and looked up CRATE
fully toward heaven. He then put on
the other shoe, and found another dol
lar. He looked at it and looked all
around him, but saw no one. He then
knelt upon the ground, and returned
thanks to God for the blessing which
had thus been conferred upon him.
The listeners learned from the prayer
that the old mans wife and one of his
children were sick, and that they were
very poor; so that the two dollars
were great relief sent to them from
heaven.
"There," said the professor, show
much better this Is than to have hid
the old mans shoes" The Students
ewes filled with tears, and he said he
would never play another joke upon
any one, except in kindness.
A little boy asked his father why he
didn't 60 to Sunday-schooi, prayer
meeting, etc. "O,n said he, Pm
Established; no need of my going"
A few days after that they were out
with a horse and cart hauling wood,
and when they came to hill the horse
would not pull, ana a1ter all eHOrts
had failed TO get him to pull the father
asked the boy, "What do you think is
the matter?" The hoy answered., 30
he's Established, father"
1t is no waste of time to give half a
day now and then to the pleasure of
children. Aunts, uncles, grandpar-
ents, as well as parents, can do great
deal of good in this way. The child
rem will never forget 1t. It is hu-
manizing process, that takes the ma
tive savageness out of them, to see
their elders devoting themselves to
them. The children always know
whether the interest in them is real or
assumed. I.
He who is not accustomed to see the
best side of his fellows character
shows the worst side of his own.